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Rail commuters are set for another “year from hell”, a report by Parliament’s spending watchdog has warned.

The Public Accounts Committee found that the oversight of the country’s train network by the Department for Transport (DfT), was characterised by “cost overruns, project delays and disruption” and said passengers and taxpayers “risk continuing to pay the price” for its failure to improve its “strategic management” of the railway.

Meg Hillier, the Labour MP and committee chairman, said: “2018 was a year from hell for many rail users and unless the Government gets a grip, there is every chance that passengers will suffer in 2019 as well.”